The clown by Heinrich Böll(
Book
)553
editions published
between
1956
and
2018
in
18
languages
and held by
4,185 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
A novel of a clown and mime who retreats to his home in post World War two Germany after an accident cripples him and leaves
him trying to cope with his life, his "friends" desertion, and the world around him

And never said a word by Heinrich Böll(
Book
)311
editions published
between
1953
and
2017
in
13
languages
and held by
4,184 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
A struggling couple living in poverty seperate only to find that their newfound seperation does not bring them happiness

Group portrait with lady by Heinrich Böll(
Book
)373
editions published
between
1962
and
2015
in
17
languages
and held by
4,059 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
In a sweeping portrayal of German life from World War I to the early 1970's, Böll, tells the story of the widow Leni Pfeiffer
and her son Lev who have become the nexus of Cologne's counterculture, spurning the pursuit of affluence in present-day Germany

Billiards at half-past nine by Heinrich Böll(
Book
)238
editions published
between
1959
and
2016
in
11
languages
and held by
2,817 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
After being drawn into the Second World War to command retreating German forces despite his anti-Nazi feelings, Faehmel struggles
to re-establish a normal life at war's end by creating a rigorous routine for himself, which includes a daily game of billiards

The bread of those early years by Heinrich Böll(
Book
)301
editions published
between
1955
and
2016
in
11
languages
and held by
2,486 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
This masterful early work of the Nobel laureate tells the story of one day in the life of Walter Fendrich, a 23-year-old washing
machine repairman. Wry, ironic, yet intensely felt, the story is set in post-World War II Germany, amid the growing materialism
and spirtual wreckage left behind by the tide of the war. Fendrich, a young man torn by insecurity and despair, obsessed with
hunger, finds himself and his world transformed when he becomes involved with the daughter of a high school principal

The safety net by Heinrich Böll(
Book
)102
editions published
between
1979
and
2018
in
8
languages
and held by
2,214 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
At the center of a terrorized society buttressed by oppressive police protection and surveillance is the Tolm family, Fritz,
the father, the elected head of the Association, and the children, part of the counter-culture

Haus ohne Hüter, Roman by Heinrich Böll(
Book
)290
editions published
between
1865
and
2015
in
8
languages
and held by
1,890 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"With the publication of Tomorrow and Yesterday, Heinrich Boll was truly regarded as the spokesman of modern Germany. Boll's
novel is the story of a group of families living in a house in Germany. The members of each generation - those who lived through
the war, and those conceived and born during its terror - must assess their pasts and their collective futures. This moving
story is the crowning achievement of Boll's extraordinary career."--Jacket

The lost honor of Katharina Blum, or, How violence develops and where it can lead by Heinrich Böll(
Book
)45
editions published
between
1973
and
2009
in
English and German
and held by
1,809 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"In an era in which journalists will stop at nothing to break a story, Henrich B̲ll's The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum has
taken on heightened relevance. A young woman's association with a hunted man makes her the target of a journalist determined
to grab headlines by portraying her as an evil woman. As the attacks on her escalate and she becomes the victim of anonymous
threats, Katharina sees only one way out of her nightmare. Turning the mystery genre on its head, the novel begins with the
confession of a crime, drawing the reader into a web of sensationalism, character assassination, and the unavoidable eruption
of violence."--Amazon.com

The silent angel by Heinrich Böll(
Book
)70
editions published
between
1992
and
2014
in
7
languages
and held by
1,781 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
A German soldier returns home at the end of World War II. The novel follows him through the ruins of Cologne, searching for
the widow of a man who died in his place. This was the Nobel Prize winner's first novel, only now translated into English

Adam ; and, the train : two novels by Heinrich Böll(
Book
)327
editions published
between
1940
and
2016
in
12
languages
and held by
1,751 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
War - its stark horror, its mass destruction of human life and the human spirit is the theme of "Adam, where art thou?", an
intense novel of Germany in defeat by a writer who has already been hailed as the outstanding new talent of postwar German
fiction. Ilona, the Jewish refugee, is faced by death in the crematorium of a concentration camp; Filskeit, the camp commander
is driven to insanity; Schmitz, the doctor, looks on helplessly as his patients die before his eyes; Finck, the quartermaster,
is pressed by chance into the front lines and gets killed by bursting shrapnel; Feinhals, the foot soldier, is hungry, exhausted,
forlorn, whipped by his officers into futile counter-attacks, fleeing before Russian tanks and artillery, struggling pitifully
for survival

The train was on time by Heinrich Böll(
Book
)242
editions published
between
1936
and
2018
in
7
languages
and held by
1,619 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Twenty-four-year-old Private Andreas boards a troop train to Germany to return to the front; recognizing that he will not
survive the war, he predicts the time and place of his death. As he meditates on the futility of war, his early battles, and
his regrets, he is shocked to More ... find that he can still make friends, sleep, eat and drink-still live

Absent without leave : two novellas by Heinrich Böll(
Book
)54
editions published
between
1964
and
2002
in
German and English
and held by
1,444 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Both novellas are set in Germany during World War II. Each irreverently examines the disasters of war and the impieties of
peace

The casualty by Heinrich Böll(
Book
)35
editions published
between
1983
and
2005
in
German and English
and held by
1,199 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
These stories, written between 1946 and 1952 are stunning accounts of German soldiers in a war they did not want and the bleak
aftermath of Germany in ruins. This Nobel Prize-winner's other works include Billiards at Half-Past Nine, The Clown, Group
Portrait with Lady, and The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

Wanderer kommst du nach Spa ... Erzählungen by Heinrich Böll(
Book
)235
editions published
between
1950
and
2017
in
8
languages
and held by
1,183 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
A collection of short stories, set in the twentieth century, with an anti-war theme

Children are civilians too by Heinrich Böll(
Book
)47
editions published
between
1951
and
1995
in
3
languages
and held by
1,168 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"'These stories originally formed part of a volume entitled 1947 bis 1951.'"

End of a mission by Heinrich Böll(
Book
)25
editions published
between
1967
and
1994
in
English and German
and held by
1,116 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
End of a Mission, written in 1968, finds Heinrich Boll trying to come to terms with his country's past in an investigation
of an inexplicable crime and an even more absurd trial. Told to rack up mileage on a jeep to prepare it for inspection, a
soldier drives it home--and burns it in the company of his father. Boll's account of the testimony and background of the witnesses,
and their nonplussed response to the composure and satisfaction of the accused, illuminates the life of an insignificant town
caught up in sudden, unreasonable importance

A soldier's legacy by Heinrich Böll(
Book
)14
editions published
between
1985
and
1994
in
English and German
and held by
938 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"From the German Nobel Prize-winner for literature, a rediscovered short novel, written in 1947 at the very start of his great
career, then lost in the chaos of life in Germany in the late 1940s, and appearing now for the first time: a poignant evocation
of youth trapped in war."